The Science of Comfort Nursing
Episode description
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Comfort nursing…what’s it all about?
Is it ok to comfort nurse? Is it a bad habit?
Tune in this week as Dianne and Abby talk about the science behind comfort nursing. Yes…the science.
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Things we talked about:
Should comfort nursing NOT happen? [4:51]
Why breastfeeding should NOT be called breastfeeding [6:38]
What is happening when they are latched on? [7:42]
Science is cool [10:28]
Physiological benefits of comfort nursing [12:15]
This doesn’t last forever [16:27]
Humans are immature [22:18]
Lack of access to breastfeeding and community [25:57]
Everything baby needs they get at the breast [30:40]
*This Episode is sponsored by LaVie
Links to information we discussed or episodes you should check out!
https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/breastsleeping/
Breastsleeping article by James McKenna referencing imprinting
https://louisegodincom.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/mckenna_et_al-2015-breastsleeping1.pdf
More about imprinting
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25919999/
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Music we use~
Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes